Funny Girl

September 24–29, 2024 | Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened.


In This Program


Welcome

A Note From Seattle Theatre Group

Welcome to the Paramount Theatre and this performance of Funny Girl! With a book by Isobel Lennart and additions by Harvey Fierstein, this Broadway revival is still captivating audiences 60 years after its debut at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1964. Funny Girl centers around the life of Fanny Brice whose rise to stardom in the Ziegfeld Follies coincides with her tragic love affair with Nick Arnstein. Fanny’s story is one of self-reliance, determination, and sacrifice as she uses her unconventional looks and comedic chops to become a vaudeville superstar. The celebrated score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill features well-known numbers including “People,” “Don’t’ Rain on My Parade,” and “I’m the Greatest Star” and will have you tapping your feet along with the ensemble. This revival features some of the strongest tap choreography on Broadway by the incredible Ayodele Casel, whose moves earned Jared Grimes (Eddie Ryan) a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2022. 

Speaking of dance, Seattle Theatre Group is a huge proponent of the art form as a means of healing and expression. We are proud to offer free STG Dance for PD® classes for the public that don’t require any level of dance experience or diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), allowing individuals and their care partners to experience dance, live music, and community in a safe and creative environment. Working with professional musicians and teaching artists trained in the Dance for PD® method, participants are inspired to explore movement and music in ways that are refreshing, enjoyable, and stimulating. We offer in-person classes at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Francia Russell Center in Bellevue, Garfield Community Center in Seattle, and are expanding to more locations soon! We also offer digital dance classes for those unable to attend in person through our live virtual Zoom sessions. This program is in partnership with Mark Morris Dance Group, Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation, Seattle Parks & Rec, Lifelong Recreation, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Learn more about this program and how to register for Autumn Quarter classes starting in October at stgpresents.org/ece/parkinsons. 

We hope you will join us for more incredible programming at our four venues (The Paramount, The Moore, The Neptune, and Remlinger Farms) next month for Rocktober! To check the full lineup, please visit stgpresents.org. Now, I invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy this production of Funny Girl at The Paramount Theatre.

Kindest Regards,

Josh LaBelle
Executive Director
Seattle Theatre Group

Patron Information

WHILE YOU ARE ATTENDING THE PERFORMANCE

Please silence and store all electronic devices and take a moment to locate the exit nearest to your seat. Recording devices and the taking of photos and videos are strictly prohibited. 

Binoculars are available to rent for $5.00. Ushers can direct you to The Friends of The Paramount booth in the lobby for more information.

Please note there are no elevators in the building.

RESTROOMS

ADA gender-inclusive restrooms are located at the orchestra level in the main lobby. Gender-specific restrooms are on the lower and third-floor mezzanine levels. If you are able to use the stairs, please reserve the ADA restrooms in the main lobby for those who are not. 

ACCESSIBILITY

STG is committed to ensuring that its events are accessible to all people. We believe that everyone has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort, and independence and offer a variety of accessible services, including Assistive Listening Devices, ASL, Audio Described, and Open Captioned Performances, and accessible seating. Please find an usher to learn more about accessibility offerings available at this performance and visit www.stgpresents.org/about/accessibility, call 206.682.1414 ext. 5, or email accessibility@stgpresents.org to learn more about and plan for future performances with accessibility-specific offerings. 

COAT CHECK 

Coat check is available on the first mezzanine level of the theatre. 

CONCESSIONS

The main bar is located on the orchestra level off the lobby and additional bars are in the lobby and on the mezzanine level. Outside food and drink are not permitted. STG venues use r.Cup, a reuse system for drinkware. r.Cups are permitted in the Paramount auditorium; please return your cups to the yellow bins in the lobby following the performance and before you leave the venue. Drinking fountains are on all levels. 

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September 24–29

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS
SCOTT LANDIS
DAVID BABANI
NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

ROY FURMAN
NO GUARANTEES
ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS
DARYL ROTH
LANG ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

GAVIN KALIN
CHARLIES & NICOLAS TALAR
FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS
SANFORD ROBERTSON

CRAIG BALSAM
JANE BERGÈRE
JEAN DOUMANIAN
ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS
IRIS SMITH
JULIE BOARDMAN/KATE CANNOVA    

HENI KOENIGSBERG/MICHELLE RILEY
IN FINE COMPANY
ELIE LANDAU
BRIAN MORELAND
MARY MAGGIO AND SCOTT ABRAMS

DAVID MANELLA/SEAVIEW
GFOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC

present

MUSIC
JULE STYNE

LYRICS
BOB MERRILL

BOOK
ISOBEL LENNART
From an original story by Miss Lennart

REVISED BOOK
HARVEY FIERSTEIN

Originally produced for the Broadway stage by RAY STARK
Original New York production supervised by JEROME ROBBINS
Original production directed by GARSON KANIN
Original production orchestrated by RALPH BURNS

STARRING
Hannah Shankman

Stephen Mark Lukas
Izaiah Montaque Harris

Walter Coppage
Leah Platt
Christine Bunuan
Cheryl Stern
David Foley, Jr.

Vinny Andaloro
Jack Bianchi
Courtney Brady
Kate E. Cook
Connor Coughlin
Joel Douglas
Annabelle Duffy

Mathew Fedorek
Alex Hartman
Kathy Liu
Missy Marion
Bryan Charles Moore
Sami Murphy
Emily Anne Nester

Myah Segura
Brendan Sheehan
Jordon Taylor
Sean Seamus Thompson
Travis Ward-Osborne
Annaliese Wilbur

and FEATURING
Melissa Manchester
as Mrs. Brice

Scenic Design
David Zinn

Costume Design
Susan Hilferty

Lighting Design
Kevin Adams

Sound Design
Brian Ronan & Cody Spencer

Hair Design
Campbell Young Associates

Casting
Jim Carnahan, csa
Jason Thinger, csa

Associate Director
Johanna McKeon

Associate Choreographer
Jeffrey Gugliotti

Orchestrations
Chris Walker

Dance, Vocal and Incidental Musical Arrangments
Alan Williams

Additional Arrangements
Carmel Dean
David Dabbon

Music Coordinator
Kimberlee Wertz

Music Director/Conductor
Elaine Davidson

Tour Booking
The booking group
Meredith Blair
Kara Gebhart

Tour Marketing & Press
Allied Global Marketing

Digital Marketing & Advertising
Arthouse

Production Stage Manager
Jovon E. Shuck

Company Manager
Justin A. Sweeney

Production Management
Networks Presentations
Walker White

Executive Producers
Seth Wenig
Hannah Rosenthal

General Management
Gentry & Associates
Gregory Vander Ploeg

Music Supervision
Michael Rafter

Tap Choreography
Ayodele Casel

Choreography
Ellenore Scott

Direction
Michael Mayer

Cast & Musical Numbers

Cast

Fanny Brice
HANNAH SHANKMAN

Fanny Brice (at certain performances)
LEAH PLATT

Emma
LEAH PLATT

John
JOEL DOUGLAS

Mrs. Strakosh
CHERYL STERN

Mrs. Meeker
CHRISTINE BUNUAN

Mrs. Brice
MELISSA MANCHESTER

Eddie Ryan
IZAIAH MONTAQUE HARRIS

Tom Keeney
DAVID FOLEY, JR.

Piano Player
BRENDAN SHEEHAN

Cornet Men
JACK BIANCHI & BRENDAN SHEEHAN

Polly
JORDON TAYLOR

Bubbles
MISSY MARION

Nick Arnstein
STEPHEN MARK LUKAS

Maude
COURTNEY BRADY

Florenz Ziegfeld
WALTER COPPAGE

Tenor
BRENDAN SHEEHAN

Mrs. Nadler
LEAH PLATT

Virginia
KATE E. COOK

Vera
ALEX HARTMAN

Paul
SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON

Mimsey
SAMI MURPHY

Actor
DAVID FOLEY, JR.

Porter
BRENDAN SHEEHAN & SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON

Bartender
SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON

Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat Men
JACK BIANCHI & TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE

Mr. Renaldi
SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON

Ensemble
JACK BIANCHI, COURTNEY BRADY, KATE E. COOK, JOEL DOUGLAS, ALEX HARTMAN, KATHY LIU, MISSY MARION, SAMI MURPHY, MYAH SEGURA, BRENDAN SHEEHAN, JORDON TAYLOR, SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON, TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a
specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

for Fanny Brice & Mrs. Meeker—LEAH PLATT;
for Fanny Brice, Emma & Mrs. Meeker—ANNABELLE DUFFY;
for Mrs. Brice—CHERYL STERN; 
for Mrs. Brice & Mrs. Strakosh—CHRISTINE BUNUAN;
for Mr. Renaldi—VINNY ANDALORO, JOEL DOUGLAS;
for Tom Keeney, Nick Arnstein & Florenz Ziegfeld—SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON;
for Tom Keeney, Florenz Ziegfeld & Mr. Renaldi—MATHEW FEDOREK, BRYAN CHARLES MOORE;
for Eddie Ryan—JACK BIANCHI; for Nick Arnstein & Eddie Ryan—TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE;
for Emma, Mrs. Strakosh & Mrs. Meeker—KATE E. COOK; for Emma—ALEX HARTMAN. 

SWINGS

VINNY ANDALORO, CONNOR COUGHLIN, ANNABELLE DUFFY, MATHEW FEDOREK, BRYAN CHARLES MOORE, EMILY ANNE NESTER, ANNALIESE WILBUR

DANCE CAPTAIN: ALEX HARTMAN
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: ANNALIESE WILBUR

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.


Musical Numbers

ACT I

Overture
The Orchestra

“Who Are You Now?”
Fanny

“Poker Chant No. 1”
Mrs. Brice and Mrs. Strakosh

“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty”
Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh and Mrs. Meeker

“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty” (Reprise)
Tom Keeney, Eddie, Stagehands, Keeney Chorus Girls, Mrs. Strakosh, Mrs. Meeker, Mrs. Brice

“I’m the Greatest Star”
Fanny

“I’m the Greatest Star” (Reprise)
Mrs. Brice and Fanny

“Cornet Man”
Fanny and Cornet Men

“Nicky Arnstein”
Fanny

“His Love Makes Me Beautiful”
Tenor, Fanny and Ensemble

“I Want To Be Seen With You”
Nick and Fanny

“Henry Street”
Company

“People”
Fanny

“You Are Woman, I Am Man”
Nick and Fanny

“Poker Chant No. 2”
Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh and Mrs. Meeker

“Don’t Rain on My Parade”
Fanny

ACT II

Entr’acte
The Orchestra

“Sadie, Sadie”
Fanny and Company

“Who Taught Her Everything She Knows?”
Mrs. Brice and Eddie Ryan

“Temporary Arrangement”
Nick and Men

“Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”
Fanny and Ensemble

“Who Are You Now?”
Fanny and Nick

“You’re a Funny Girl”
Nick

“What Do Happy People Do?”
Follies Girls

“The Music That Makes Me Dance”
Fanny

“Finale”
Fanny

The action takes place backstage at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 1924, and memories prior.

MUSICIANS

Music Director/Conductor/Keyboards—ELAINE DAVIDSON;
Associate Conductor/Keyboards—Christian Regul;
Trumpet/Flugel—MARK E. OATES; Reeds—TANSIE MAYER;
Bass—SAM KURZONTKOWSKI; Drums/Percussion—PAUL HANNAH

LOCAL MUSICIANS

Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax—Dane Andersen; Flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax—Derek Smith; Trumpet, Flugelhorn—Brad Allison; Trombone—Dan Marcus; French Horn—Matt Berliner; Violin-concertmaster—Mikhail Shmidt; Violin, viola—Artur Girsky; Cello—Virginia Dziekonski; STG Music Director—Jack Klitzman

All musicians playing for this performance are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the U.S. and Canada, Local 76-493, AFL-CIO/CLC.

Music Coordinator—Kimberlee Wertz
Music Copying: Emily Grishman Music Preparation/Emily Grishman, Adriana Grace and Alden Terry
Music Technology: Phij Adams
Synthesizer Technician: Randy Cohen, Randy Cohen Keyboards
Music Department Assistant: Abel Garriga


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Who’s Who

HANNAH SHANKMAN (Fanny Brice) is thrilled to march her band out as Fanny Brice in this absolutely gorgeous production. Broadway: Hair, Side Show, Les Misérables, Wicked. West End: Hair, Homemade Fusion. National Tours: The Band’s Visit, Rent, Les Misérables. Select Regional: The Kennedy Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Casa Manana, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, BTG, Arrow Rock Lyceum. TV/Film: The Last Five Years, 85th Academy Awards, The Greenway. Endless thanks to her family, the entire FG creative team, Jim Carnahan Casting and her incredible agents at Daniel Hoff Agency. For Shane and Charlie. @hannahbshank

MELISSA MANCHESTER (Mrs. Brice) returns to the theatrical stage to celebrate a versatile 50-year career. With 19 Billboard charted hits including “Midnight Blue” and “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” the GRAMMY-Award winning singer/songwriter was the first artist to have two Oscar-nominated songs in the same year, received the NARAS Governor’s Award and is in the Great American Songbook Foundation’s Hall of Fame. National tours: Song & Dance (Emma), Music Of The Night (Lead). Film: For The Boys (Corrine). TV: Blossom (Maddy Russo). Her 25th album, RE:VIEW, is due to release in 2024. melissamanchester.com

STEPHEN MARK LUKAS (Nick Arnstein) is thrilled to bring Funny Girl to audiences across North America after understudying the role in the Broadway revival. Broadway: Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon. Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Gaston), Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), Oklahoma! (Curly), South Pacific (Lt. Cable), Camelot (Lancelot), and Guys & Dolls (Sky Masterson). TV: Gossip Girl and FBI: Most Wanted. Love and gratitude to my family, Brian, HCKR and the Funny Girl team. @smlukas

IZAIAH MONTAQUE HARRIS (Eddie Ryan). First Broadway National Tour! Since being put in tap classes taught by his mother as a child, he has learned to shine from Chicago to NY. Recent highlights: NY City Center’s Artists at the Center, Riverdance, The Tap Dance Kid, After Midnight (Tap Mathematician). BTA Award for Outstanding Actor, Jeff Award for Best Ensemble, Jacob’s Pillow Alumni, MADD Rhythms. Sending love, light, and many thanks to his family, friends, and Ayodele Casel. @_izaiahharris

WALTER COPPAGE (Florenz Ziegfeld). Theatre: The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The Curious Incident..., Radio Golf, The Royale, A Christmas Carol, Pride & Prejudice, Fences, To Kill A Mockingbird, Master Harold And The Boys, Hamlet, The Mountaintop, Water By The Spoonful, The Clean House, Ruined, Our Town, The Miracle Worker. TV: Somebody Somewhere, Chicago Med, Leverage: Redemption, Black Mafia Family, The Chi, 61st St, The Shining Girls, Detroiters, Sprung. Film: All Creatures Here Below, Jayhawkers.

LEAH PLATT (Emma, Mrs. Nadler, u/s Fanny, u/s Meeker) is thrilled to join the Funny Girl family! Leah most recently performed across the country as Tzeitel in the first national tour of Fiddler on the Roof. Recent credits: Which Way to the Stage (Signature Theatre); Frozen (Disney Cruise Line); The Prom (White Plains PAC); The Marvelous Wonderettes (The Palace Theater). Proud graduate of Northwestern University, and even prouder to have the most supportive family! LeahPlatt.com @leahsplatt

CHRISTINE BUNUAN (Mrs. Meeker, u/s Mrs. Strakosh, u/s Mrs. Brice). National tours: Miss Saigon (Gigi), and …Spelling Bee. Chicago Theatre: Goodman, Paramount, Northlight, Marriott Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chicago Shakespeare, Silk Road Rising, TimeLine, and more. Special thank you to Stewart Talent Chicago, the Bunuan, Garcia, and Fawcett families, and, of course, the love of my life, Sean. This show is dedicated to all my loved ones! christinebunuan.com

CHERYL STERN (Mrs. Strakosh, u/s Mrs. Brice) Broadway: La Cage Aux Folles (Tony winning revival), The Women (Roundabout), Laughing Room Only. Off Broadway: A Letter To Harvey Milk, Shoes and Baggage, Fiorello (Encores!), First Lady Suite (Transport Group), I Love You,You’re Perfect. National Tours: La Cage, Les Miserables, Grand Night For Singing, Evita, Fiddler. Regional: Goodspeed, Baltimore Stage, Westport Playhouse, The Huntington (IRNE Award), Barrington Stage, Berkshire Theatre Goup, Capital Rep,The Muny and more.TV: “And Just Like That,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (recurring), “Unforgettable,” “Law&Order-CI,” “Sondheim… at Carnegie Hall” (PBS). Film: Brooklyn Lobster, This is Where I Leave You, Can’t Let It Go. www.cherylstern.com @cherylsternlive

DAVID FOLEY, JR. (Tom Keeney). Select New York/touring credits: The Phantom of the Opera (Reyer, Firmin), Forbidden Broadway, and the title ogre in Shrek The Musical. Favorite regional: Oz (L. Frank Baum, freeFall Theatre Company), Finding Nemo: The Musical (Marlin, WDW), and Guys and Dolls (Nathan, Kevin Kline Award nomination, Best Actor). TV/Film: The Flight Before Christmas (Hallmark), Broadcasting Christmas (Lifetime). 2023 MAC Award nominee (Manhattan Association of Cabarets, Best Male Performer). All my love Kerry & Davey! @itsdavidfoleyjr

VINNY ANDALORO (Swing, u/s Mr. Renaldi) is thrilled to be a part of this iconic show! National Tours: Cats. Regional: Ogunquit, NSMT, The LEX. BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Endless thanks to The Collective Talent. “Love to my amazing family, friends, mentors, and incredible partner, Jackson.” @vinny__andaloro

JACK BIANCHI (Ensemble, u/s Eddie Ryan) is honored to make his National Tour debut with Funny Girl. Jack graduated from Chapman University. He recently made his off-Broadway premiere in You’re Invited, and performed in Savor in Napa. Jack is beyond grateful to his family, friends, and all who supported him to get here. All glory to God. @jack_bianchi_

COURTNEY BRADY (Ensemble). So grateful to be here! Broadway Lab: Crazy For You (Dir: Susan Stroman). Tours: The Producers. Regional Theaters: Papermill, NSMT, Riverside, Maltz Jupiter, Fireside. Thanks to TPG and the entire Funny Girl Team! Endless love/gratitude to my family and friends. Thanks God - “in highlands/heartache all the same”! @cocobrady

KATE E. COOK (Ensemble, u/s Emma, u/s Mrs. Strakosh, u/s Mrs. Meeker). National tour debut! Select credits: Chicago, Camelot, Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia!, Holiday Inn, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Guys and Dolls, The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes. Love to my husband and crazy family! Enjoy! kateellacook.com @kateellacook

CONNOR COUGHLIN (Swing) Graduated from Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Circle in the Square. NYC: Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes. Tours: 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor), Elf. Regional: The REV, Ogunquit, North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Fireside.

JOEL DOUGLAS (Ensemble, u/s Mr. Renaldi). National Tour debut! Off-Broadway: Empire. Regional: MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group, Theatre By The Sea, Reagle Music Theatre, New Bedford Theatre Festival. Film/TV: “Growing Up“ (Disney+). Boston Conservatory and LINK Graduate. @jdouglasbreeden

ANNABELLE DUFFY (u/s Fanny Brice, u/s Emma, u/s Mrs. Meeker) is so thrilled to be making her National Tour debut in the company of Funny Girl! BFA CMU Drama Class of 2023. Endless gratitude to Carnahan, Daniel Hoff, Julia Watkinson, and her fabulous family and friends.

MATHEW FEDOREK (Swing, u/s Tom Keeney, u/s Florenz Ziegfeld, u/s Mr. Renaldi) National Tour Debut! Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, The Muny, KC Starlight, Arizona Theatre Company, Lincoln Park. Proud Penn State Musical Theatre Alum. Thanks to his family and his agents at CTG. I love you Jack. For Mom and Dad! @mathew.fedorek

ALEX HARTMAN (Ensemble, Dance Captain, u/s Emma) is honored to be making her Broadway National Tour debut in Funny Girl. Select credits include: ACT of Connecticut, Riverside Theatre, Transcendence Theatre Company, and Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Endless gratitude to CESD, my family, friends and incredibly supportive wife, Kayley. @alexjhartman

KATHY LIU (Ensemble) is a Bay Area native and graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA program. National tour debut! Credits: Cabaret (Goodspeed), Watch Night workshop (Perelman PAC), JChen Project, Dickinson (AppleTV). Much love to my family and friends for their support! Rep: MTA @kathyliu_

MISSY MARION (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this amazing company! Favorite credits at Musical Theatre West, Ogunquit Playhouse, Forestburgh Playhouse, 3D Theatricals, and Norwegian Cruise Line. Endless love to my family and Trevor, whose support has made my dreams a reality!

BRYAN CHARLES MOORE (Swing, u/s Tom Keeney, u/s Florenz Ziegfeld, u/s Mr. Renaldi) is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota and currently calls the DC area home. Tours: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, White Christmas. Regional: Signature, Arena Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, Ordway, TUTS. Thanks to my team at the Luedtke Agency, and love to my husband Steven. @bryancmoore

SAMI MURPHY (Ensemble). NJ native, is thrilled to join this revival! Tours: My Fair Lady, CoComelon! Regional: Footloose, Mamma Mia!, 42nd Street, Cinderella. Huge thanks to PMA, and to Mom, Dad, family, church, mentors for their continued love & support. samimurphy.com @samimurph34

EMILY ANNE NESTER (Swing) is thrilled to be making her National Tour debut! Regional credits: 42nd Street (Ensemble u/s Anytime Annie), Kinky Boots (Ensemble), Wizard of Oz (Ensemble) at Music Theater Wichita. Huge thank you to her family, and friends for their love and support, and special thanks to @resoluteartistsagency ! IG: @emilyannenester

MYAH SEGURA (Ensemble) is proud to be making her touring debut with Funny Girl! Based in NYC and graduated from Point Park University. Recently in PCLO’s The Music Man and Anything Goes (ensemble). Trained at LaGuardia HS, Ballet Hispanico, Shuffles, and National Dance Institute. @mishmyah

BRENDAN SHEEHAN (Ensemble). National Tour debut! Select Credits: Footloose (Ren), A Chorus Line (Mike), Pippin (Ensemble). BFA from Boston Conservatory. So much love to my family, friends, and educators. Special thanks to @hendersonhoganagency! IG: @brendan.sheehan1

JORDON TAYLOR (Ensemble). National Tour debut! Credits: Singin’ in the Rain (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Drury Lane Theatre), & The Cher Show (Gateway Playhouse). Chicago College of Performing Arts BFA graduate. Many thanks to her family, friends, and @HudsonArtistsAgency for their support! @jordontaylor18

SEAN SEAMUS THOMPSON (Ensemble, u/s Tom Keeney, u/s Nick Arnstein, u/s Florenz Ziegfeld). Proud union member: SAG and Actors’ Equity. Broadway: Sunset Boulevard (2017, Joe Gillis u/s). Tours: Love Never Dies (Raoul); The Sound of Music (Captain u/s). Off-Broadway: Penelope (Barius, original cast album). TV: “The Walking Dead: Dead City” (AMC); “An Evening with Lerner and Loewe” (PBS). Regional favorites: Hunchback (Phoebus), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric), Cabaret (Cliff). @seanseamusthompson

TRAVIS WARD-OSBORNE (Ensemble, u/s Nick Arnstein, u/s Eddie Ryan). Elated to be joining the cast! Broadway credits: Moulin Rouge!, Miss Saigon, Disney’s Aladdin, A Beautiful Noise, and Holiday Inn! National Tours: Moulin Rouge!, Pretty Woman. Impossible without Mom. For Peyton always. Go Blue! Thanks @blocnyc! I’m @tdubbyo

ANNALIESE WILBUR (they/them) (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain). Broadway National tour debut! Raised in West Bloomfield, MI. Boston Conservatory ‘23 grad (shoutout BoCo Tap Club)! Special hugs to family, friends, and Dustin & Marc with Daniel Hoff Agency. Big kisses for Harley. @annaliese.wilbur

FANNY BRICE (1891–1951) was a trail-blazer in the entertainment world. She was born to Jewish immigrants and became a star, building a career in vaudeville, theatre, film and radio. Ms. Brice made her stage debut at Frank Keeney’s Theater in Brooklyn in 1906 and it became clear that she was destined to become a showbiz legend. In 1910 she was contracted by Florenz Ziegfeld for his 1910 Follies and she became Broadway’s highest-earning star. She performed in 11 Ziegfeld productions and headlined the 1921, 1934, and 1936 Follies, where she performed her most famous character, Baby Snooks. Ms. Brice would continue to perform Baby Snooks for a weekly radio program until the end of her life. In 1918, Ms. Brice married Nick Arnstein and the couple had two children together. She married songwriter and stage producer Billy Rose in 1929; they divorced in 1938. A beloved barrier-breaking comedienne and performer, Ms. Brice was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ms. Brice’s career was instrumental to the future of women in comedy. Her life story and rise to stardom inspired the musical Funny Girl.

ISOBEL LENNART (Book) (1915–1971) was born in Brooklyn. Afflicted by polio as a child, Isobel became an avid reader, especially of movie magazines. She became a screenwriter for MGM (Love Me or Leave Me, Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Sundowners, Two for the Seesaw). She married actor-playwright John Harding and had two children, Joshua and Sarah. Some 24 films, three Academy Award nominations and on Writers Guild Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement later, she turned to playwriting with Funny Girl in 1964. A Tony Award nomination for Best Musical followed and she wrote her last screenplay for the film adaptation in 1958. Ms. Lennart died in a car accident in 1971. Funny Girl was deemed “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress (2016).

HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Revised Book). Author of Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage Aux Folles (both Tony Award winners); Kinky Boots, Newsies, Casa Valentina (all Tony nominated); A Catered Affair, Safe Sex and Bella Bella. Television scripts include “Hairspray Live!,” “The Wiz Live!” and HBO’s “Tidy Endings.” He gave Tony-winning performances in Hairspray and Torch Song Trilogy, and starred in Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage Aux Folles, Gently Down the Stream and Bella Bella. Film and television appearances include Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Mulan, “Sesame Street,” “Cheers” (Emmy nomination), “Bojack Horseman,” “The Good Wife” and “Hairspray Live!” His New York Times-bestselling memoir, I Was Better Last Night, is published by Knopf.

JULE STYNE (Music). 1905–1994. Broadway: Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, Funny Girl. He is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of American musical theatre. Collaborators include Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Merrill, Leo Robin and E.Y. Harburg. He has composed legendary hits such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “The Party’s Over,” “Let It Snow!,” “People,” “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” and Oscar-winning “Three Coins in the Fountain.” Jule Styne was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Theater Hall of Fame and is a Kennedy Center Honoree.

MARGARET STYNE (Special Material). Margaret Ann Bissett Brown began her career as a model and actress. She was married to composer Jule Styne, and together they composed “What Do Happy People Do?” Upon Margaret’s death, Funny Girl producers announced, “Margaret was a brilliant storyteller who represented her husband Jule Styne’s genius legacy with creativity and imagination… Her Spirit will be imbued in our Broadway production of Funny Girl.”

BOB MERRILL (Lyrics). Broadway composer-lyricist and screenwriter. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Bob could not read or write a note of music, but would plunk out his melodies on a toy xylophone. Nonetheless, he became one of the most prolific songwriters of the 1950s with such hits as “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window” and “Mambo Italiano.” In the late 1950s, Bob composed music and lyrics of New Girl in Town, Take Me Along, Carnival and Henry, Sweet Henry. Later he formed an enduring partnership with composer Jule Styne, leading to his greatest artistic success, Funny Girl (1964) starring Barbra Streisand which included the hit songs “People” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade.”

MICHAEL MAYER (Director) is very happy to bring this new Funny Girl to America, after a successful Broadway run. Upcoming work includes: Grounded; a new opera by Jeanine Tesori and a new production of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, and Swept Away, a new musical with songs by the Avett Brothers on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, and the national tour of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. His revival of Little Shop of Horrors is in its fifth year at the Westside Theatre in New York. This one is for Lou and Sue.

ELLENORE SCOTT (Choreography) is a BIPOC New York based choreographer and director. Broadway: Grey House, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique (Lucille Lortel Nomination). Other choreography credits: So You Think You Can Dance?, Single All the Way (Netflix), Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical.Co-Directed The Lonely Few (L.A. World premiere, transferring to MCC Theater Off-Broadway Spring 2024). TV Performances: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Smash, The Blacklist, Glee!, and Finalist and All-Star on So You Think You Can Dance? Scott is the Artistic director of ELSCO Dance Company. @helloellenore

AYODELE CASEL (Tap Choreography) earned a 2022 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Choreography. She is a 2023 Doris Duke Artist, Herb Alpert Award recipient and United States Artist and Radcliffe Institute fellow. Born in The Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico, her multi-disciplinary practice centers highly narrative works rooted in expressions of selfhood, culture and legacy. Her projects include her concert and Bessie Award-winning film Chasing Magic, her one-woman show While I Have the Floor, and her theatrical and film series Diary of a Tap Dancer

DAVID ZINN (Scenic Designer). Broadway: scenery and costumes for Choir Boy, Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Fun Home, The Last Ship; scenery for Kimberly Akimbo, Funny Girl, Diana, The Minutes, Torch Song, The Humans; costumes for Almost Famous, A Doll’s House Part 2, Airline Highway, Xanadu. Also: Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Second Stage, ACT, Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre (UK), Young Vic (UK), Theater Basel, Berlin Staatsoper. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.

SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume Designer) has designed costumes and scenery for 400-plus productions. Tony-nominated Broadway: Wicked, Parade, Spring Awakening, Present Laughter, Lestat, Into the Woods. Directorial collaborations: Athol Fugard (40-plus productions), Joe Mantello, Yaël Farber, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Richard Nelson, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Arin Arbus, Des McAnuff, Rebecca Taichman, Garland Wright. Hilferty’s designs include Opera: Metropolitan Opera (Rigoletto, La Traviata, and upcoming Aida); Dance: Alvin Ailey (Love Stories) and Concerts: Taylor Swift (SPEAK NOW world tour). Faculty: Grad Design NYU/Tisch (served as chair for 25 years). Honors include Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Awards for Wicked and three lifetime achievement awards. susanhilferty.com

KEVIN ADAMS (Lighting Designer) has received four Tony Awards for his work on Broadway, including The Cher Show, Head Over Heels, SpongeBob the Musical, Hedwig…, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Passing Strange, The 39 Steps, Spring Awakening, Everyday Rapture, Hands on a Hardbody, Hair, Take Me Out, A Class Act and solo shows by Michael Moore, Eve Ensler and John Leguizamo. Off-Broadway: Hedwig…, The Scottsboro Boys, Carrie. Metropolitan Opera, Hollywood Bowl and Las Vegas.

BRIAN RONAN (Co-Sound Designer) has designed the sound for over 40 Broadway shows. Some recent designs include Some Like It Hot; Mrs. Doubtfire; Tootsie; Mean Girls; Springsteen on Broadway; The Prom; The Last Ship; If/Then; Beautiful; The Book of Mormon; Anything Goes; American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal; Curtains; Spring Awakening; Cabaret. His regional and Off-Broadway credits are extensive. Brian is the recipient of the Obie, Lucille Lortel, two Drama Desks, London’s Olivier and two Tony awards.

CODY SPENCER (Co-Sound Designer). Broadway: Co-Sound Design: Here Lies Love, The Pee-Wee Herman Show. Off-Broadway: Broadway Bounty Hunter and Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, Co-Sound Design Trevor and Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Some of his work as Associate Sound Designer includes Springsteen on Broadway, Mean Girls, Lazarus, Beautiful, The Book of Mormon, Bring It On: The Musical, and Annie. In addition to theatre, Cody has co-designed some of New York’s biggest concert venues including Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5 and Webster Hall.

MICHAEL RAFTER (Music Supervisor). Music director/arranger for Sutton Foster: New York Pops, Live From Lincoln Center and 100-plus concerts worldwide. Broadway: Violet, Everyday Rapture, Sweet Charity, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Swing!, The Sound of Music, The King and I, The Most Happy Fella, Gypsy. Film: Marriage Story, CODA, Annette, Music and Lyrics, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Gypsy starring Bette Midler (Emmy for Music Direction). Currently associate professor of musical theatre, Ball State University Graduate of Dartmouth College, proud father of Siena Rafter (Brown ’20).

CHRIS WALKER (Orchestrations). As musical director and orchestrator, Chris has worked on many London and Broadway productions including Me and My Girl, Cabaret, The Secret Garden, Ragtime, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Top Hat. He recently orchestrated a musical version of Roman Holiday and is currently writing a new show entitled Power Play. He was very excited to be asked to create new orchestrations for Funny Girl.

ALAN WILLIAMS (Dance, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements). London/UK credits: Arranger: Elf, The Boy in the Dress (RSC), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Big Fish, Funny Girl, The Commitments. Musical Director/Supervisor: Sunset Boulevard, Crazy For You, Elf, Hairspray, Evita, Aladdin, A Damsel in Distress, Assassins, Urinetown, A Chorus Line, Shrek, Spelling Bee, Passion (Donmar Warehouse). Arranged/Orchestrated opening of 50 Years of Broadway at Kennedy Center

DAVID DABBON (Additional Arrangements). Emmy nomination: Last Week Tonight’s “Eat s--t, Bob!” (Composer). Broadway: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (new music and dance arrangements), Beetlejuice, and Disaster! (dance arranger). HBO’s Six by Sondheim (arranger). Composer: Game On (PCLO). Orchestrator: Audra McDonald’s Sing Happy, Go Back Home. Graduate of The Hartt School and Carnegie Mellon University.

CARMEL DEAN (Additional Arrangements). Composer: Renascence (Off-Broadway); Well-Behaved Women (Joe’s Pub and Australia). Upcoming: Maiden Voyage (commission). Broadway musical director, supervisor and/or arranger: The Notebook; If/Then; American Idiot; Hands on a Hardbody; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other collaborations: Green Day; Phish; The Trey Anastasio Band, Chita Rivera.

LUC VERSCHUEREN FOR CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Wig and Hair Designer). Broadway: The Music Man; Company; Tina–The Tina Turner Musical (Drama Desk); A Christmas Carol; To Kill A Mockingbird; Carousel; Hello, Dolly; Head Over Heels; King Lear; Misery; Les Misérables; The Ferryman; Jerusalem; Ghost; Billy Elliot. West End: Back to the Future, Get Up Stand Up, Cinderella, Leopoldstadt. Film/TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Downton Abbey.

JIM CARNAHAN, CSA (Casting) has cast over 150 Broadway shows. His work on Broadway this season includes Merrily We Roll Along; Shark is Broken; Appropriate; Doubt; New York, New York; A Beautiful Noise; Funny Girl; Harry Potter; Moulin Rouge!; as well as off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors. Film: Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid.

JASON THINGER, CSA (Casting). Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, Funny Girl, A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, Take Me Out, A Christmas Carol, Tootsie. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Medea (BAM). Regional/Tours: A Christmas Carol, The Light in the Piazza (Lyric Opera of Chicago). London: The 47th. TV/Film: The Week Of and The Sinner.

KIMBERLEE WERTZ (Music Coordinator). TV: The Tony Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, The Academy Awards, Mozart in the Jungle. Broadway: West Side Story, The Lehmann Trilogy, The Music Man, Into the Woods, Almost Famous, Bob Fosse’s Dancin, Parade, Funny Girl!

ELAINE DAVIDSON (Music Director/Conductor). National tours include: Annie, Phantom of the Opera, Wizard of Oz, Catch Me If You Can, Mamma Mia!, Sound of Music (China), and more. She has worked with directors Cameron Mackintosh, Hal Prince, Billy Porter, Dan Knechtges, Jeffrey Seller, Baayork Lee, and Gabe Barre. 

RAY WETMORE & JR GOODMAN (Production Props Supervisors). Recent Broadway & Tours: Funny Girl, Here Lies Love, Parade, Kimberly Akimbo, Bad Cinderella, The Music Man, A Strange Loop, Waitress, To Kill A Mockingbird, Good Night Oscar, West Side Story, Diana.

JOHANNA McKEON (Associate Director). Broadway: Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, King Kong, American Idiot, War Paint, and Grey Gardens. Broadway Tours: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, Rent. Upcoming: Swept Away at Arena Stage. She is a recipient of Drama League, Boris Sagal and Fulbright Fellowships. MFA: UT Austin.

JEFFREY GUGLIOTTI (Associate Choreographer) is a Choreographer and Teacher based in New York City. Credits include: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The View, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Most recently: Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Mr. Saturday Night at Barrington Stage; Broadway: revival of Funny Girl. @jeffgugliotti

TORYA BEARD (Assistant Director). Director: Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, Artists at the Center (NYCC), Assistant Director: Funny Girl Broadway revival, Waitress Broadway revival. Producer: Bessie Awards 2023, Jesus Christ Superstar: Highlights from the All-Female Studio Cast Recording. APAP’s Inaugural CIPA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Producing. For Valerie Payne Foster.

DRE TORRES (Assistant Tap Choreographer). Chasing Magic, City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, and Little Island’s Music and Dance Festival. Career highlights: Comedy Central, Radio City, FOX, BBC, PBS, Harvard, and five-year Principal with Tapestry Dance Company, directed by Acia Gray. For Mom, Dad & Mona. @dretorres14

JOVON E. SHUCK (Production Stage Manager) is a proud graduate of Michigan State University whose credits include the National tours of: Dear Evan Hansen, Miss Saigon, Waitress, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s The Lion King, and Monty Python’s Spamalot as well as Radio City Music Hall, The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, George Street Playhouse, and Gateway Playhouse. Much love to Sheila Marie, always.

KYLE DANNAHEY (Stage Manager). National Tours: Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, The Prom, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, The Bedwetter at Atlantic Theater Company, Jersey Boys. Fiasco Theater Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, NextStop Theatre Company. All thanks to my family, friends, and mentors. Deepest Gratitude.

RACHAEL WILKIN (Assistant Stage Manager) (she/her). National Tours: Mean Girls, Oklahoma!, Miss Saigon, Waitress, Fiasco’s Into The Woods, Pippin. Off-Broadway: Our Class. Scenic fabrication/painting: The Humans (Broadway).

JUSTIN A. SWEENEY (Company Manager) (he/him). Broadway: Monty Python’s Spamalot. National Tours: To Kill a Mockingbird (First National), The Phantom of the Opera (Spectacular New), Les Misérables (25th Anniversary), Movin’ Out (First National); American Ballet Theatre: national and international tours, including Cuba and Oman. Shout out to Jackson!

RYAN MAYFIELD (Associate Company Manager) (he/him). National Tours: To Kill a Mockingbird (First National). (Regional Theatre) Cabaret (Goodspeed Musicals), World Premiere - Anne of Green Gables (Goodspeed Musicals), 42nd Street (Goodspeed Musicals). Hometown: Portland, OR. Huge thanks and love to his family, friends, and the Funny Girl Company. Insta: @ryan_mayfield_

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Elf the Musical, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 28 Tony Award® winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hairspray, Hamilton, Mamma Mia!, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, My Fair Lady, Pretty Woman, Six, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, To Kill A Mockingbird, Waitress and The Wiz. Future tours include: A Wonderful World, How to Dance in Ohio, The Karate Kid, Parade, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd.

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is an integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, sports, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 80+ Broadway shows over 28 years. Current tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Mamma Mia!, Mean Girls, Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, Wheel of Fortune LIVE! Upcoming tours: Elf, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Mystic Pizza, Some Like It Hot, and more.

ARTHOUSE (Digital Marketing and Advertising), is a full-service digital agency that partners with forward-thinking advertisers in the strategy and design of innovative brand campaigns. Our services include branding, content creation, social management and media buying with a focus on how creativity & connection drives campaign success. We work with our clients to create campaigns that are beautiful and strategic, converting users into active and engaged customers. Visit arthousenewyork.com.

SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as Executive Producer for both the US and UK tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Anniversary US tour of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon. Currently, Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon, and Life of Pi. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Elf the Musical, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (SFP) (Producer) is an international production company responsible for some of the most successful theatre productions around the world. Sonia Friedman CBE has developed, initiated and produced over 190 new productions and together with her company has won 61 Olivier Awards, 39 Tonys and 3 BAFTAs. Current and forthcoming productions include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Global), The Book of Mormon (West End), Stranger Things: The First Shadow a co-production with Netflix (West End), Lyonesse (West End), Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway), and The Shark Is Broken (Broadway). Visit soniafriedman.com for full details.

SCOTT LANDIS (Producer) is a two-time Tony Award-winning producer who has worked extensively in New York and London. He is the theatrical consultant for Universal Music Group (the world’s leading music company) and is currently developing a diverse slate of projects with several of their artists. Prior to his career in theatre, Mr. Landis was the youngest talent agent in show business history and he represented some of the most iconic names in the movie, television and theatre industries. With love and gratitude to Sonia, David, Kathleen, Ella and Nathaniel. He dedicates this show to his parents Lynne and Lawrence and their memory.

DAVID BABANI (Producer). Founder and artistic director of the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. He has produced over 30 West End shows and his productions have won multiple Tony and Olivier awards. Broadway credits include Sunday in the Park With George, A Little Night Music, La Cage Aux Folles, The Color Purple and Travesties.

ROY FURMAN (Co-Producer). Broadway: Spamalot, MJ, Moulin Rouge! (Tony Award), The Book of Mormon (Tony), Some Like It Hot and Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Producer of 17 Tony Award-winning musicals and plays, including Leopoldstadt; The Color Purple; The Band’s Visit; Hello, Dolly! and War Horse. Vice chairman of Jefferies Financial Group, former vice chairman of Lincoln Center, president and chairman emeritus of Film at Lincoln Center.

NO GUARANTEES (Co-Producer). is led by Christine Schwarzman (President), Darren Johnston (EVP) and Megan O’Keefe (EVP). Four-time Tony Award winner for Leopoldstadt (2023), The Lehman Trilogy (2022), Company (2022), and Hadestown (2019). Nine-time Tony Award Nominee. Lead producing credits include Pulitzer Prize winner Fat Ham, Saheem Ali, Jocelyn Bioh and Michael Thurber’s new musical Goddess and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella. Additional credits: Here Lies Love, The Shark is Broken, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Beetlejuice, Mean Girls and more.

ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Over 60 productions world-wide, and recipient of eight Tonys, eight Oliviers and one Helpmann. Adam is a 2023 EMBA candidate and Linbury Scholar, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Full bio: adamblanshay.com

DARYL ROTH (Co-Producer) holds the singular distinction of producing 7 Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: Anna in the Tropics; August: Osage County; Clybourne Park; How I Learned to Drive: Proof; Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women; and Wit. Recipient of 13 Tony Awards; over 130 productions including Kinky Boots; Into the Woods; Indecent; Life of Pi; and The Normal Heart. Upcoming: Nancy Drew: The Musical. Trustee, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Theater Hall of Fame Inductee. DarylRothProductions.com.

LANG ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (Co-Producer) is: Victoria Lang, recent Broadway: The Cottage, The Kite Runner, Paradise Square, Tootsie, The Cher Show, Lightning Thief, Sylvia. West End: Funny Girl, SHOUT!, Bat Boy. Off-Broadway: Found, Silence!, Matt & Ben, Johnny Guitar, SHOUT! Upcoming: Sinatra: The Musical. Founder: Broadway & Beyond Theatricals. Carol Cogan Savitsky, Steaming (producer), Listen to my Heart (producer). Proud to be part of this iconic revival. Michael Saperstein, Broadway: Funny Girl, Merrily We Roll Along, The Cottage. Upcoming: Sinatra: The Musical (U.K.). Grateful to my family and friends for their continuous support. 

GAVIN KALIN (Co-Producer). Recent Broadway: Plaza Suite; Caroline, or Change; Betrayal; Mrs. Doubtfire; Sea Wall/A Life; The Lehman Trilogy. Recent West End: Cyrano de Bergerac, Cabaret, Leopoldstadt, Pretty Woman. Recent immersive: Monopoly Lifesized, Peaky Blinders:The Rise. Visit gavinkalinproductions.com.

CHARLES & NICOLAS TALAR (Co-Producer) have produced many musicals and family entertainment, garnering more than 15 million spectators across 7,000 performances. Amongst them, Notre Dame de Paris, their worldwide success will be presented for the first time this summer 2022 in New York City at the David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center.

FAKSTON PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Ken Fakler and Dan Stone are a multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning co-producing team known for their work on Dear Evan Hansen, Company, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, The Inheritance, Parade,The Wiz, Merrily We Roll Along, and Some Like It Hot

SANFORD ROBERTSON (Co-Producer) is a private equity investor in San Francisco. He had early interest in musical theatre, as his father, an amateur songwriter, made sure he saw every musical while growing up. Now as an investor/producer of 25-plus productions, including several Tony Award winners, he is proud to be part of the first revival of this classic.

CRAIG BALSAM (Co-Producer) (he/him).Broadway: Merrily, Here Lies Love, Hangmen, Hadestown (eight Tony Awards), What the Constitution Means To Me (Tony nom), The Lehman Trilogy (Tony Award), Is This A Room/Dana H., Keyboards/vocals/gong: Perry Street Band. Love ya, JB.

JANE BERGÈRE (Co-Producer). Multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Funny Girl; Beetlejuice; Kinky Boots; Hello, Dolly!; La Cage aux Folles; Angels in America; War Hose; Clybourne Park; Glengarry Glen Ross. Film credits include the Whitney Houston film, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, and the upcoming The Collaboration starring Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope. JaneBergereProductions.com

JEAN DOUMANIAN (Co-Producer). Academy Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning theatre/film/TV producer. Over 25 theatrical productions include Hangmen, August: Osage County, Angels in America, The Book of Mormon, The Mountaintop and Our Town. jdpnyc.com

ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer). Tony-nominated, Drama Desk-winning company. Broadway: Funny Girl, The Prom, King Lear, Three Tall Women, The Miracle Worker. Off-Broadway: Crumbs from the Table of Joy w/Keen, Oratorio For Living Thing w/Ars Nova, My Lingerie Play w/Rattlestick, The Last Seder, Savage in Limbo. President Abigail Solomon, EVP Jennifer Kranz.

IRIS SMITH (Co-Producer). Tony winner. Broadway: Here Lies Love, Moulin Rouge!, The Band’s Visit, Death of a Salesman, Ohio State Murders, Mrs. Satuday Night, Tina—The Tina Turner Musical, Beetlejuice, Jagged Little Pill.

JULIE BOARDMAN/KATE CANNOVA (Co-Producers). Together: A Doll’s House, Once Upon a One More Time, Head Over Heels. JB: Company, The Inheritance, Indecent, An American in Paris. Co-founder, Museum of Broadway. KC: The Kite Runner, The Secret Garden, The Visit, The Scottsboro Boys, Museum of Broadway

HENI KOENIGSBERG/MICHELLE RILEY (Co-Producer). Heni Koenigsberg: Most recent Tonys: Leopoldstadt (‘23); The Lehman Trilogy (‘22); Company (‘22); The Inheritance (’20); Hadestown (’19); The Band’s Visit (’18); Hello, Dolly! (’17); A View From the Bridge (’16). Michelle Riley has won Tonys for Hadestown (’19) and Once on This Island (’18).

IN FINE COMPANY (Co-Producer). Multiple Tony Award and Grammy Award winners Sue Gilad & Larry Rogowsky: Moulin Rouge!, The Outsiders, Here Lies Love, Merrily We Roll Along, The Who’s Tommy, Company, Jagged Little Pill, Burlesque the Musical. Founders of BWAYX.com. InFineCompany.com

ELIE LANDAU (Co-Producer). GM, Museum of Broadway. COO, TEG+. Management and/or producing credits include Funny Girl (B’way), Hedwig…, The Addams Family, You’re Welcome America, Speed-the-Plow, Spamalot and the Emmy-nominate documentary “Paper Clips.”

BRIAN MORELAND (Co-Producer). Thrilled to a part. Previous shows include Thoughts of a Colored of Man, Sea Wall/A Life, The Sound Inside, The Wiz.

MARY MAGGIO AND SCOTT ABRAMS (Co-Producer). Mary Maggio: Super You. Films: Tribes, Black Bouquet. Scott Abrams: A Beautiful Noise, Back to the Future, Harmony, The Notebook. Together: Tony Award-winning producers of Company, Co-Producers Merrily We Roll Along, Funny Girl, Hamlet, Mandela.

DAVID MANELLA/SEAVIEW (Co-Producer). David’s credits include Parade (Tony), Slave Play and Sea Wall/A Life (Tony Noms), Just for Us, Sunset Blvd (London), Danny and the Deep…, Lempicka and Enemy of the People. Seaview is a NY based theater and film company. @ThisIsSeaview

GFOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC (Co-Producer) proudly presents some of the world’s most recognized shows. Productions and investments include: The Book of Mormon, Matilda, Six, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Menopause The Musical®, and The Play That Goes Wrong. Current tours include: Company, On Your Feet!, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. GFourProductions.com

Opening Night: September 12, 2023 

Staff for Funny Girl

PRODUCER & GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Executive Producer
Seth Wenig

Associate Producer
Hannah Rosenthal

General Management
Gentry & Associates

Gregory Vander Ploeg
Madeline McCluskey
Steven Varon-Moore
Maia Sutton

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

NETworks Presentations
Jason Juenker
Hector Guivas 
Walker White
Alex Williams
pesci
Aimeé Mangual Pagán

TOUR BOOKING, MARKETING & PUBLICITY

Tour Press and Marketing
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Andrew Damer
Jennifer Gallagher
Scott Praefke
Jessica Cary
Dina Hsu
Amenkha Sembenu
Jessica Steans-Gail
Emily Toppen
Anne Waisanen

Tour Booking Agency
THE BOOKING GROUP
Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart
Laura Kolarik, Stephanie Ditman, Sophie Tiesler
thebookinggroup.com

STAFF

Production Stage Manager
Jovon E. Shuck

Stage Manager
Kyle Dannahey

Assistant Stage Manager
Rachael Wilkin

Company Manager
Justin A. Sweeney

Associate Company Manager
Ryan Mayfield

Assistant Director
Torya Beard

Assistant Choreographer
Dre Torres

Associate Scenic Designer
Tim McMath

Associate Costume Designer
Mark Koss

Assistant Costume Designers
Heather Freedman, Meriwether Snipes

Associate Lighting Designer
Timothy Reed

Assistant Lighting Designer
Emmanuel Delgado

Associate Sound Designer
Thomas Ford

Hair and Wig Designer
Campbell Young Associates/Luc Verschueren

Associate Hair and Wig Designer
Susan Corrado

Production Prop Supervisors
Ray Wetmore & JR Goodman

Production Electricians
Jon Batz-Owings, Thomas Owings-Batz

Production Sound
Chad Parsley

Production Props
Jennifer Kramer

Moving Light Programmer
Paul Toben

Head Carpenter
Taylor Ellsworth

Assistant Carpenter
Jesse Leach

Flyman
Logan Vanderpool

Head Electrician
Jacob Ryan

Assistant Electricians
Joshua Lindblom, Michael Smith

Head Sound
Mark Dulac

Assistant Sound
Ryan Chapman

Head Props
Michael Donovan

Assistant Props
Serena Slie

Wardrobe Supervisor
Katie Trantham

Assistant Wardrobe
Payton Slaughter

Hair & Make-up Supervisor
Bryon McDonald

Hair & Make-up Assistant
Jeanette Kakuska

Star Dresser
Makayla Willett

Production Assistants
Whitney Roy, Alex Tawid Di Maggio, Brillian Qi-Bell

Vocal Coach
Joan Lader

Dialect Coach
Deborah Hecht

Advertising/Marketing Materials
AKA NYC

Video Production
Cinevative, HMS Media

Production Photographer
Matthew Murphy
and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade

Safety Consultant
Bryan Huneycutt

Social Media
Arthouse

Merchandising
Creative Goods

Accounting
NETworks Presentations LLC

Legal Services
F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
David F. Schwartz, Esq.,
Gray Schwartz LLP

HR Support
Global Solutions, Inc.
K+K Reset, LLC

Housing
Road Rebel

Travel Agency
Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Trucking
Clark Transfer

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS

Chief Executive Officer
Orin Wolf

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer
Margaret Daniel

Business Affairs
Scott W. Jackson

Chief Producing Officer
Seth Wenig

Executive Producers
Mimi Intagliata, Trinity Wheeler

Associate Producer
Hannah Rosenthal

Executive Assistant
Isabella Schiavon

Vice President of Finance
Scott Levine

Sr. Director/Finance
John Kinna

Controller
Jennifer Gifford

Director of Tour Accounting
Laura S. Carey

Tax Director
Pat Guerieri

Accounts Payables & Receivables Clerk
Lisa Loveless

Sr. Director, Booking and Engagements
Amanda Laird

Directors, Booking & Engagements
Stacey Burns, Colin Byrne

Director of Sales
Zach Stevenson

Director of Marketing
Heather Hess

Sr. Director/General Management
Gregory Vander Ploeg

General Manager
Madeline McCluskey, Steven Varon-Moore

Associate General Manager
Maia Sutton

Sr. Director/Production Management
Jason Juenker

Sr. Production Manager
Hector Guivas

Production Managers
Walker White, Alex Williams

Technical Director
pesci

Production Coordinator
Aimeé Mangual Pagán

Director of Operations
Pearce Landry-Wegener

Resource Director
Kayla Rooplal

Office Manager
Michelle Adye

Music Coordinator
John Mezzio

Warehouse Manager
Joseph Spratt

Warehouse Costume Manager
Bobby Maglaughlin

Warehouse Costume Shop Assistant
Grace Santamaria

CREDITS

Scenic items fabricated by Great Lakes Scenic Services. Lighting equipment from PRG Sound equipment from Sound Associates Inc. Props fabrication and finishing by Jerard Studios, Q1 Lighting & Scenic, R. Ramos Upholstery, Brooklyn Stage & Screen, Paper Mache Monkey, BrenBri Props, Costume Armour, David Drummond, Infinite Scenic, Props Papers, Carl Tallent, Kisch & Co, Monkey Boy Productions. Florals by Season Floral Design. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc., Tricorne Inc., Suitable Costumes, Ltd., Bethany Joy Costumes, Inc., Arel Studio, Lynne Bacchus, Giliberto Designs, Inc., Siam Costumes, Maria Ficalora Knitwear, Ltd., Lisa Logan, Amy Micallef, Cego Custom Shirts, Berkeley Repertory, Lynne Mackey Studio, Mio Design NYC, Rodney Gordon, Ann Morin, Jeff Fender, Gene Mignola, Julz Kroboth, Jimmy McBride. Custom footwear by Capezio, LaDuca Shoes, Worldtone Dance, Wing and Weft, Tiecrafters, Inc., Jerard Studio, Christine Sczcepanski, Special Thanks to Bra*Tenders for Hoisery and undergarments.


Rehearsed at NEW 42nd Street Studios, 229 W 42nd Street, New York, NY.


Rehearsed at Pearl Studios, Open Jar, Ripley-Grier Studios.


Special Thanks to
Mark Shackett, Foresight Theatricals

Providence Performing Arts Center; Norbert Mongeon, Janice Anderson,
J.L. “Lynn” Singleton


Insurance Broker Services
Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc.
Robert B. Middleton, Sr and Meghan Coleman


Financial Services and banking arrangements by
Flagstar Bank N.A.


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VP West Coast

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Senior Regional Sales Operations Manager

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Ticketing Manager 

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Marketing Associate 

Michelle Robinson
Group Sales & Sponsorship Manager

Jennifer Colson
Director of Marketing and PR

About Seattle Theatre Group

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